10-10-201210-11-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
October 10, 2012 02:00 PMCalender
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Fifteen Official NASA Photographs, Related Three Related Photographs, and Ephemera

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$210$175
Auction: Discovery - 2616MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 10, 2012 2:00PM

Description:

Fifteen Official NASA Photographs, Related Three Related Photographs, and Ephemera, c. 1964, artist concept spacecraft "Liberty Bell 7," a Gemini spacecraft, actual Pacific Missile range test, Stratoscope II telescope, Stratoscope II telescope balloon, artist concept of docking of LEM and the Apollo module, the Apollo spacecraft floating to Earth, the LEM separating from command and service modules, astronauts on the lunar surface, and capsule interior at early stage lunar trajectory, Saturn V/Apollo Moon vehicle diagram, an actual satellites Explorers XXIV and XXV launch, a Mariner-Mars launch vehicle check out, checking Syncom III spacecraft, and liftoff of Gemini 3, prototype of an Apollo spacesuit, all with official NASA stamp dating and description on reverse; a private photograph of an astronaut pulled from a capsule at sea, and a David Clark Co. publicity picture; ephemera includes a booklet Space Communications, 1966 Kennedy Space Center Role in the Gemini Program leaflet, Astronaut Training leaflet, and a Pratt & Whitney Apollo Fuel Cells brochure.

Provenance: From the archive of Gerald Feldmann (1927-2010),for seven years the personnel director for David Clark Co., Worcester, Massachusetts, where he helped establish the NASA Mercury and Gemini space training programs. The David Clark Co. continues to design, develop, and manufacture protective air and space crew suits and equipment.
Estimate $300-500

Keywords

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, David Clark Co., Gemini, Apollo Moon, astronaut, Apollo, Mariner, Space Communications, Fuel Cells, Pratt & Whitney, Gerald Feldmann, personnel director, Massachusetts